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Time would fail me to dwell on the perpetual influence, growing with time, which the Slave Power has exerted from the foundation of the government.
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Sumner discusses the growing influence of the Slave Power in American politics.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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